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Meaning of 'establish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Establish [ a.]
- To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.
- To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
- To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions.
- To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc.
- To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.

Meaning of 'establish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . establish [ v]
Meaning (1):
- use as a basis for; found on
Example in sentence:
  • base a claim on some observation
Meaning (2):
- build or establish something abstract
Example in sentence:
  • build a reputation
Meaning (3):
- set up or lay the groundwork for
Example in sentence:
  • establish a new department
Meaning (4):
- place
Example in sentence:
  • Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
Meaning (5):
- institute, enact, or establish
Example in sentence:
  • make laws
Meaning (6):
- set up or found
Example in sentence:
  • She set up a literacy program
Meaning (7):
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
Example in sentence:
  • The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound;
  • The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture
Meaning (8):
- bring about
Example in sentence:
  • The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth

Nearby Words:

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